msn-pecan 0.1 good enough?

[Evan Schoenberg, M.D.]

On Mar 24, 2010, at 3:40 PM, Felipe Contreras wrote:

> Supposing msn-pecan 0.3 is ready by the time Adium 1.5 starts, and a
> considerable amount of users complain about lack of YIM support, then
> yeah; I don't see any problem implementing the missing feature.
> However that is something that we should decide later on when 1.5
> starts.

I don't think the version numbers themselves are important; I just wanted to be clear that:
	- This will be an Adium 1.5 move, not one in the very end of the Adium 1.4 beta cycle. I think everyone can agree that major changes - be they features or bug fixes [in the case of longstanding bugs] - aren't desirable so close a release.

	- Saying it's an Adium 1.5 move just means that we can consider working on it as soon as 1.4 is out the door.

	- I'm interested in pursuing msn-pecan, even knowing that there is at least one significant feature that we'll be dropping initially... but that part of that interest is predicated upon a willingness to respond to feedback.  It sounds like you do have that willingness - that if a significant number of users cry foul when the trade-off is made, you'll work on YIM support. We really are serious about not wanting users to have to think, "Damn, I upgraded, and now I've lost out on things that were important to me." We want to reward, not punish, adoption.

> I believe this thread is closed as
> we've reached consensus: we will consider this for 1.5, at which point
> the move to msn-pecan will be evaluated based on the status of
> msn-pecan and the importance of the YIM feature.


Correct.  And contrary to some claims otherwise, I think this has been a highly productive thread.  Your approach to debate may be somewhat confrontational at times, Felipe, but your passion for developing a library for the MSN protocol is clear.

-Evan